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It was a new development, this strange awareness, and a rather unwelcome one. Ever since Remus had reached out and gripped his shoulder, Sirius kept getting distracted by the smallest movements—he’d find his eyes following Remus’s fingers as he adjusted his tie, or realize he was staring if Remus reached over and began to fiddle absentmindedly with the sleeve of his robes. When Remus sat down next to him on the train, their knees had knocked together, and Sirius had only realized a few seconds later that he was holding his breath

“Mary wanted me to tell you that she’s breaking up with you.”

Sirius had never been so baffled in his life. Breaking up with him? When had she started going out with him?

Piss off, I’m serious.”

“No, I’m Siri—”

James smacked the back of his head, making him wince.

“Shut up, Black.”

Er…the whole animagus thing.”

“Yeah?” Sirius, who had been rubbing the back of his poor head, perked up. “Had an idea? I love Moony ideas!”

. It’s built next to a bloody forest full of creatures more dangerous than a flipping tree, there’s supposed to be a literal monster lying dormant somewhere directly below us, and – not being funny – but have you seen Hagrid?!”

Remus seemed to be enjoying his little study club, and it didn’t sit right with Sirius that someone was choosing a bunch of girls over his delightful company.

In fact, at breakfast the next morning when his Care of Magical Creatures professor came over to congratulate Lupin on coming top in the class, Moony practically beamed with happiness.

If anyone was going to be a lion, it would be James—he certainly had the pride of one, and his inherent sense of nobility and honour seemed to go hand in hand with such a great beast

Sirius had spent more time than he’d care to admit imagining how much fun it would be to run through the forest with Remus, side by side, two wolves under the moon

Sirius tried not to let it bother him. But it was growing harder and harder to ignore the war, which crawled like a body from a grave, slow and creeping, breathing promises of death into the air around them.